Along with citizens throughout our nation and beyond, I was anguished by the death of the beautiful, innocent children of Sandy Hook Elementary School. In the wake of the shootings, I was gripped first with deep grief and then with a powerful wave of activist energy.

I hoped that this most horrific incident of gun violence would shake the nation from complacency and stir the adoption of sensible gun control legislation. I believed that all over the country, parents of all stripes and persuasions  including gun owners  would recognize that a civilized nation cannot continue to allow policies that make such unimaginable acts possible. I feared that the calls for gun regulation that filled the airwaves just after the shooting would be drowned out by the next compelling news item.

Several great national leaders have stepped up to lead a national gun reform campaign: Vice President Joe Biden (who has the passion and political expertise), New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (who has the money), and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (the legislative vantage point), to name a few. Many fine national organizations  including a remarkable range of national Jewish organizations  have begun sophisticated organizing campaigns. (I urge every reader of j. to sign the petition at http://www.endgunviolencenow.org.)

The general contours of thoughtful violence-prevention policy have begun to emerge. These include legislation limiting access to assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, effective enforcement of firearm regulations and registration of arms. More complex are questions about how inadequate mental health services contribute, in very small numbers, to gun violence, and a broad conversation about sanctioned violence in news, media, entertainment and sports.

To effect such changes, the president and his congressional allies will need to demonstrate an unstoppable groundswell of support from the American people....

Yes, amy. WE are MOSTLY a civilized nation with the world’s MOST uncivilized enemies, some of whom might be your next door neighbors.
Then again, amy, you are leftist trash so why should I care if YOU enjoy gas showers and hot ovens?

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posted on 01/10/2013 7:59:57 PM PST
by MestaMachine
(Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)

The Germans in 1928 passed “sensible gun control legislation”, so when Hitler was elected in 1933, he did not get a lot of opposition later when he put a lot of people in the railroad box cars , for a trip.

Cor-rect. According to Jewish law, a woman cannot be a rabbi. Therefore, we can safely assume that little Amy-la is a Reform Jew, if indeed she is actually Jewish according to Jewish law. This handily illustrates that we would EXPECT such libby drivel from someone who is both ignorant of Jewish law and chooses to flout its statutes. She reminds me of Sandra Flunk.

I could call myself a "liberal branch" of Americans and state that it's OK to drown babies. What does that prove? That I can make up laws as I go along? There is only ONE Torah, it was not written by mortal man. Those individuals or groups who choose to have their own take on it cannot claim to be adherents to it. They can claim their beliefs and practices to be "Jewish-LIKE", just like Naugahyde LOOKS like leather.

The fact that Jewish women are not permitted to be rabbis has nothing to do with assigning women a "second class" status, BTW. Men and women in Judaism are assigned different roles to fulfill all the tasks which need to be done. Jewish women are considered to be on a higher spiritual level from the get-go. They are exempted from time-related mitzvos, such as making it to the synagogue 3x/day for services, because it is assumed that they have child-rearing duties, for example, which would make that difficult. They also do not have to pray with a minyan (quorum of 10 men). It is considered immodest and it is forbidden to touch men who are not your father, husband or son. Likewise, men are not to touch women who are not their mother, wife or daughter. This would make it very difficult therefore to be a rabbi and be among men all day long. Jewish women are also not encouraged to put themselves forward and be a noticeable part of a mixed group, out of modesty. So you can see where being a rabbi would be outside of Jewish law. This woman does not speak for "The Jews", but rather for herself.

Seems to me that the ability to refurbish an unused school in two weeks so that the children in CT can have a school shows remarkable speed. I wasn’t aware there was such a large contingent of construction, electrical, computer and facilities engineers and personnel available in the area, let alone the temporary housing required.

I was also amazed that emergency vehicles could make it through the array of cars strewn everywhere there at the CT school on Dec 14.

If these concepts are sensible, I would like to see the budget for them and their consequences.

Authorize each State's National Guard to offer military grade rifle and pistol marksmanship training at reasonable cost to all peaceable, taxpaying citizens. There are, apparently, several hundred million rifles, pistols, and shotguns owned by the private citizens of these United States. The owners of said firearms need to have the greatest effectiveness in controlling them.

It's for the children ... if better preparedness for self-defense saves even one life, it's worth it.

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posted on 01/11/2013 5:22:21 AM PST
by ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)

OK ... I’m suggesting that we turn their rhetoric against them, and that we take the offensive in this war of words and ideas. Yes, we must oppose whatever insanity they’re puking up at the moment. We must also propose and advance our own agenda of liberty and self reliance. It’s not enough just to argue about whether the latest repressive outrage from the left is a good idea or not. We MUST turn the conversation toward what increases in personal freedom should be enacted first. This strategy has proven successful in the several States.

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posted on 01/11/2013 6:48:39 AM PST
by ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)

Not that facts enter into the gun control debate now that the Left-wing extremists see an opportunity to end America as we knew it, but here are two journal articles that illustrate the unintended consequences of gun control, namely increased murder and suicide rates, and mass-murder by government of its own citizens.

THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
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R E P O R T
OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE
NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
FEBRUARY 1982
Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
88-618

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